tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419860268577817026.post2003768661584399147..comments2023-09-13T10:42:31.958+01:00Comments on Blighty: ColourblindBlightyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17567627987700387034noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419860268577817026.post-83213049490346617952010-06-19T14:46:00.939+01:002010-06-19T14:46:00.939+01:00Hi girls! Love all your comments, thank you!
LPC -...Hi girls! Love all your comments, thank you!<br />LPC - yes, I do agree, mothers are to blame for everything, the other day Boy 1 who is getting body conscious and aware that lots of the others boys are bigger built than him, blamed me for his lack of muscles;<br />Melissa - in the early days I had the baby on the breast all the time thing, actually I had a lot of trouble with breast feeding and Boy 1 was getting v thin, when at last I gave in and gave him a bottle (I had been completely indoctrinated about breastfeeding) he walloped the whole lot back and passed out, grateful at last to have a proper meal! Sometimes I consider becoming a sort of formula ninja, suddenly appearing at the side of new mothers who are struggling and giving them lovely big bottles of lovely formula;<br />Mrs T - so thrilled you commented on my blog, welcome!<br />Make Mine Mid - remind me not to brush my hair at your house! I have had a lot of similar adventures in potty training, oh the horror!<br />FF - I must admit, Gina worked for me, I needed that structure, I just hope one day she will do timetables for housewives in their 40s ("9am unload dishwasher and do not start reading last week's newspaper" - oooh, I feel a post coming on!)<br />Hostess - yes, v early days, I don't think you can tell if they have turned out ok until they are at least 70 - that is what my mother tells me, she is still hoping I will come out all right in the end<br />Semi Expat - that is very reassuring, thank you, I do wonder if all the Gina stuff has made my boys a bit prima donna like and fussy (how can I sleep in this bed? the thread count on these sheets is just NOT acceptable!) but I think any pickiness they got from me, not Gina's routines!<br />Dear SSG - Mr B and I were particularly clueless as we are both only children and had not been around babies at all growing up, probably we should have started by getting a goldfish.Blightyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567627987700387034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419860268577817026.post-52626235615550176712010-06-18T07:30:49.034+01:002010-06-18T07:30:49.034+01:00Thank you for another painfully honest but also ve...Thank you for another painfully honest but also very humorous account of parenthood.<br /><br />It's encouraging to know that both child and parents do survive those first few days at home on their own and that a cup of tea helps all involved.<br /><br />SSG xxSydney Shop Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05813953421175387706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419860268577817026.post-80474693303492172422010-06-18T02:46:23.075+01:002010-06-18T02:46:23.075+01:00You do make me laugh - loved this post... !However...You do make me laugh - loved this post... !However Gina dictatorial seems, I have to say I do agree about 'black out blinds' - worked for mine when she was little!! Now at 19 she can sleep on with full sun streaming through the window with the curtains wide open I hasten to add!! xSemi Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12839322243900070800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419860268577817026.post-54284045223100064462010-06-18T01:09:29.266+01:002010-06-18T01:09:29.266+01:00Dr. Spock was the voice when I was young...
I did ...Dr. Spock was the voice when I was young...<br />I did the opposite...feeding on demand...I nursed whenever the babies fussed...<br />they had their own cot but occasionally I'd bring them back into our bed and fall asleep nursing...<br />I probably scarred them for life!<br />They both seem fine at the moment, but it's early days. (29 and 31)hostess of the humble bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453827257671312902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419860268577817026.post-34520492713853503552010-06-18T00:51:38.967+01:002010-06-18T00:51:38.967+01:00My sister's baby is a Disciple of Gina!!!! She...My sister's baby is a Disciple of Gina!!!! She is obsessed with Gina! "Baby" is 3 months old and goes to sleep at 7pm, is worken at 10 for a bottle and then sleeps til 7am! Apparently it works if you stick with it!!!Faux Fuchsiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317677066408030053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419860268577817026.post-32276920016492919782010-06-17T23:38:35.812+01:002010-06-17T23:38:35.812+01:00I bought Gina Ford's 'How to toilet train ...I bought Gina Ford's 'How to toilet train in three hours', or something similar, as half the house at one point seemed to be in nappies. <br /><br />We had star-charts going, and a rewards system, there were potties in various strategic points about the house with running water tinkling in the background, and there were puddles of wee near the front door and in the kitchen ...<br /><br />I went to brush one of my son's hair one day, and he screamed "Don't use that brush, that's the one Grandad used to scrub (Child 3's) poo off the couch!" <br /><br />Needless to say, I ditched the book and I'm not fussed if they're still in nappies when they start school.Makeminemidcenturyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304535583168822160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419860268577817026.post-34386878809316133552010-06-17T23:16:52.338+01:002010-06-17T23:16:52.338+01:00there's a very funny 'reverse Gina' pr...there's a very funny 'reverse Gina' programme on the All Best Wishes blog (I think it's the last post but one). One does become a bit obsessed by blinds, and I'm still trying to find a way to explain British Summer Time to the Tiniest Trefusis, who insists it's morning at half past five from April onwards. xHelen Brocklebankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572008161376510229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419860268577817026.post-37622876022284091162010-06-17T22:59:22.809+01:002010-06-17T22:59:22.809+01:00Gina Ford! I remember my friends and I all (attemp...Gina Ford! I remember my friends and I all (attempted to) read that bloody book... and then held a ceremonial book burning! Apparently she DOESN'T EVEN HAVE CHILDREN OF HER OWN! Admittedly I rebelled so strongly against her advice that I ended up with a baby on my breast 24 hours a day... guaranteed to make any new mother feel worthless & incapable... don't get me started!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00051918395954616614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419860268577817026.post-81286443244232415832010-06-17T21:31:55.289+01:002010-06-17T21:31:55.289+01:00People are always having new answers to how to rai...People are always having new answers to how to raise babies. Conservatives like routines. Liberals like babies in the bed. On the whole. It's all political and there isn't an answer and mothers are to blame for everything. In case you didn't know that:).LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.com